The Accounts of Ahaziah and Athaliah 22:1–24:27: With the death of Jehoram, the Chronicler introduces the reign of his son Ahaziah (also known as Jehoahaz and Azariah; see NIV note on 21:17; 22:6), the only survivor of the bloody attack of the Philistine-Arab coalition in 2 Chronicles 21:17. This typical summary note (22:1–5a) makes clear the influence of Ahaziah’s mother, Athaliah, that daughter of Ahab (son of Omri) whose marriage to Ahaziah represented an unhealthy alliance between the dominant and illegitimate northern kingdom of Israel and the legitimate southern kingdom of Judah. The Chronicler links Athaliah’s influence, as well as that of other counselors from Ahab’s northern kingdom, to the evil that Ahaziah did in the eyes of the Lord. As in the case of his grand­father Jehoshaph…